ABRIDGE
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A*bridge" (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abridged (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Abridging.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F. abréger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. See Brief and cf. Abbreviate.] 1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights. “The bridegroom . . . abridged his visit.” Smollett.
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She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity.
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2. To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary.
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3. To deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
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